edge of the sword

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01-GEN/34.usfm

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 \v 24 All the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.
 \v 25 On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob (Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers), each took his sword and they attacked the city that was certain of its security, and they killed all the males.
-\v 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
+\v 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
 
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 \v 27 The other sons of Jacob came to the dead bodies and looted the city, because the people had defiled their sister.

06-JOS/10.usfm

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 \v 34 Then Joshua and all Israel passed on from Lachish to Eglon. They camped by it and waged war against it,
-\v 35 and captured it that same day. They struck it with the sword and they completely destroyed everyone in it, as Joshua had done to Lachish.
+\v 35 and captured it that same day. They struck it with the edge of the sword and they completely destroyed everyone in it, as Joshua had done to Lachish.
 
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06-JOS/11.usfm

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 \v 11 They struck with the sword every living creature that was there, and he set them apart to be destroyed, so there was not any living creature left alive. Then he burned Hazor.
 
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-\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and struck them with the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded.
+\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and struck them with the edge of the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded.
 \v 13 Israel did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor. It alone Joshua burned.
 
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-\v 14 The army of Israel took all the plunder from these cities along with the livestock for themselves. They killed every human being with the sword until all were dead. They left alive no creature that breathed.
+\v 14 The army of Israel took all the plunder from these cities along with the livestock for themselves. They killed every human being with the edge of the sword until all were dead. They left alive no creature that breathed.
 \v 15 Just as Yahweh had commanded his servant Moses, in the same way, Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did it. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses to do.
 
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07-JDG/04.usfm

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 \v 14 Deborah said to Barak, "Go! For this is the day in which Yahweh has given you victory over Sisera. Is not Yahweh leading you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
 
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-\v 15 Yahweh made Sisera's army confused, all his chariots, and all his army. Barak's men attacked them and Sisera got down from his chariot and ran away on foot.
+\v 15 Yahweh confused Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and ran away on foot.
 \v 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth Haggoyim, and the whole army of Sisera was killed by the edge of the sword, and not a man survived.
 
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07-JDG/18.usfm

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-\v 27 The people of Dan took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were undisturbed and secure and they killed them with the sword and burned the city.
+\v 27 The people of Dan took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were undisturbed and secure and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city.
 \v 28 There was no one to rescue them because it was a long way from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that is near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
 \v 29 They named the city Dan, the name of Dan their ancestor, who was one of Israel's sons. But the name of the city used to be Laish.
 

07-JDG/20.usfm

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 \v 36 So the soldiers of Benjamin saw they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were counting on the men they had placed in hidden positions outside Gibeah.
-\v 37 Then the men who were hiding got up and hurried and they rushed into Gibeah, and with their swords they killed everyone who lived in the city.
+\v 37 Then the men who were hiding got up and hurried and they rushed into Gibeah, and they struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
 \v 38 The arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city.
 
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 \v 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, toward the rock of Rimmon. For four months they stayed at the rock of Rimmon.
-\v 48 The soldiers of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and attacked and killed them—the entire city, the cattle, and everything that they found. They also burned down every town in their path.
+\v 48 The soldiers of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, including the animals and everything that they found. They also burned down every town in their path.

07-JDG/21.usfm

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 \v 8 They said, "Which of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah?" It was found that no one had come to the assembly from Jabesh Gilead.
 \v 9 For when the people were set out in an orderly manner, behold, none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.
-\v 10 The assembly sent twelve thousand of their bravest men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and attack them, and kill them, even the women and children.
+\v 10 The assembly sent twelve thousand of their bravest men with instructions to go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and children.
 
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 \v 11 "Do this: You must kill every male and every woman who has slept with a man."